Universities Say Trump’s Visa Restrictions Will Keep Out ‘Best and Brightest’ Workers
"a self-inflicted wound to the country that serves no useful purpose"...
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Trump Signs Executive Order Restricting Some Work Visas
Monday, President Trump signed an executive order, restriction renewal of some work-based visa programs in order to protect American workers as the post-pandemic economy finds its footing. The executive order will not impact those who currently carry certain valid work visas, but applies to new applications.
College Student Senator Facing Impeachment for Supporting Trump Immigration Policies
"a Change.org petition calling for Martinez’s impeachment has garnered over 230 signatures"...
Trump to Suspend Immigration via Executive Order Due to Wuhan Coronavirus
President Donald Trump tweeted out late Monday night that he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration.
Appeals Court upholds Trump withholding Justice Department grants from sanctuary cities
Another day, another appeals court reversing a district court injunction which intefered with the legitimate constitutional and statutory powers of the president. We've covered this problem of such district court injunctions many times before.
Justice Sotomayor accuses SCOTUS conservative majority of pro-Trump bias
The lower federal courts repeatedly have had their orders and injunctions against Trump administration programs halted by the Supreme Court. In the travel cases, multiple stays were issued and when the case finally reached the Supreme Court on the merits, Trump won.
This is not a matter of pro-Trump bias, but of out-of-control lower courts, particularly at the District Court level, where judges have overstepped their bounds to substitute judicial preferences for those of the executive branch in which the constitution vests matters related to entry into the country, among other things.
Under New Law, Cambridge, MA Police Can’t Arrest Illegal Immigrants for Driving Without a License
The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts just brought the concept of sanctuary city to a whole new level. In an effort to protect illegal immigrants from ICE, the city has passed a new law which directs police not to arrest illegals caught driving without a driver's license.
Politico: Trump expects to achieve goal of 450 miles of border wall by year end
"If true" this would be a big accomplishment and promise kept.
Despite Democrats throwing everything they have at preventing funding of a border wall, Trump has used various budget maneuvers to transfer already authorized funds from other governmental agencies to building a border wall.
SCOTUS: Trump’s Immigration “Public Charge” Rule is Good to Go Pending Appeals
Monday, the Supreme Court issued an order allowing the Trump administration's "public charge" rule to proceed, pending further appeals. The rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security would make it more difficult for immigrants to obtain immigration benefits if they are likely to use public assistance.
The decision was 5-4 and split neatly down party lines.
Trump Admin Extends Temporary Protected Status to Salvadorans in the U.S.
President Donald Trump's administration extended temporary protected status to the Salvadorans living in the U.S. through January 2021.
As battle over Border Wall continues, about one mile goes up every day
This week, the U.S. Senate voted to uphold President Donald Trump’s veto of Democrat-sponsored legislation reversing his use of military base project money to pay for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
In Rebuke of Lower Court, SCOTUS Allows Trump Administration to Enforce Asylum Rule
President Trump's administration won a significant victory at the Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon.
The NYT's Adam Liptak reports:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to bar many Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The court said the administration may enforce new rules that generally forbid asylum applications from people who had traveled through another country on their way to the United States without being denied asylum in that country.
Triggered Prof Almost Cancels Class After Seeing ‘Build the Wall’ Display on Campus
"I am far from the only one on the campus whose physical and mental well being was attacked today"...
Ninth Circuit scale back of nationwide injunction against asylum rule a blow to anti-Trump lawfare
Nationwide injunctions issued by a single federal district judge have thwarted dozens of the Trump administration's priorities. It's a rigged game, since the plaintiffs get to choose a favorable venue and can sue repeatedly.
There are 94 judicial districts in the United States; the government could prevail in 93 of them but still lose if that last judge grants a nationwide injunction. The point here isn't whether the Trump administration is legally wrong sometimes. It obviously is. The point is the administration starts out with a near automatic loss at the beginning regardless of whether or not it is right.
Trump Announces ‘Safe Third Country’ Agreement With Guatemala to Limit Asylum Claims
President Donald Trump announced that his administration reached a "safe third country" deal with Guatemala to help relieve the pressure at the southern border.
Guatemala agreed to allow migrants from El Salvador and Honduras to apply for asylum in the country instead of the U.S. border. In return, the U.S. agreed to expand a guest-worker program with Guatemala.
VIDEO: College Students Say Obama Quote Is Racist When They Think It’s Trump
Cabot Phillips of Campus Reform recently visited the campus of Georgetown University where he spoke to several students. He shared a quote about immigration with them which they found repugnant, until they learned the quote was from Obama, not Trump.
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